EARNCon 2026
Registration is Open!
3-day full conference tickets are now available at our general registration rate until August 31st.
Annually hosted by EPI’s Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) and Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy (PREE), EARNCon brings together a rich community of researchers, policy advocates, labor leaders, and grassroots organizers committed to a worker-centered research and policy agenda that advances racial, gender, and economic justice at the state and local level.
This year’s EARNCon will take place September 30-October 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
EARNCon 2026 will bring state and local movement leaders together in the nation’s capital at a moment when our country is marking its 250th anniversary but its core values and institutions are in deep crisis. This year’s conference will celebrate our conviction that the country will never achieve the highest ideals of its founding until we truly center people, equity, and collective action.
Together, we will affirm our collective commitment to racial and gender equity, economic justice, and democracy, while sharpening state policy and organizing strategies that deliver an economy that works for all. With discussions on topics such as strengthening unions and workplace protections, building and sustaining robust public programs that safeguard economic security, and how community-labor organizing that can drive local policy change, EARNCon 2026 will be a place to learn, inspire, and unite against current threats while—from the ground up—setting a clear course towards a more perfect union.
During EARNCon 2026, we are celebrating Economic Policy Institute’s 40 years as the working people’s think tank. Thursday, October 1st will include workshops and two plenaries followed by a reception reflecting four decades of the cutting-edge research centering the lives of working people.
Your purchase of a 3-day EARNCon ticket or a Thursday-only ticket includes all EPI40 sessions and the evening event. If you would like to purchase a ticket to the EPI40 reception only, please visit EPI40 Reception registration page.
Already registered? Don’t forget to reserve a room at the conference hotel. Reservations for the Mayflower Hotel can be made until September 8th (or until the room block is full): Book Here!
EARN member organizations: Executive Directors should have received specific EARN Group registration information. Please reach out if your team has not received it.
If you have any questions please email [email protected].
Cancellation / Refund Policy: Cancellation and refund requests may be made by reaching out to [email protected]. Refund requests received on or before August 31, 2026, are eligible for a refund, minus applicable processing fees.